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EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility (www.windowscentral.com)

Forget ‘doomers:’ Warming can be stopped, top climate scientist says (news.harvard.edu)

Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12956314...

Rectangle for Linux?

To preface this, I’ve used Linux from the CLI for the better part of 15 years. I’m a software engineer and my personal projects are almost always something that runs in a Linux VM or a Docker container somewhere, but I’ve always used a Mac to work on personal and professional projects. I have a Windows desktop that I use...

Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week (arstechnica.com)

Looking for Cloud Storage Replacement, but I don't like NextCloud

I’m looking for something to replace cloud storage for myself and family. I’ve tried to use/like NextCloud but honestly I despise it. The UI/UX really bothers me, and administering it is a pain. It also just does way more that I want or need....

Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality (www.axios.com)

Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots....

The longer I look, the more confused I get. What is this marketing? (lemmy.zip)

Woman who was held hostage by Hamas speaks out on her abduction and sexual assault (edition.cnn.com)

The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria (sh.itjust.works)

Israel will stop working with UNRWA in Gaza, official (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

Israel will stop working with the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, a government spokesperson said yesterday, accusing the aid agency of “perpetuating conflict”, Reuters reported....

I'm enjoying Plasma 6 (lemmy.ca)

Does Reddit shadowban mentions of Lemmy?

In the months since I deleted my Reddit accounts and joined Lemmy, the lack of user base growth has made it clear that we need some users to stay on Reddit as a means of shepherding more users over on an ongoing basis. Otherwise, Reddit simply got what it wanted: less users who make a fuss about how it manages its platform...

YSK: Lemmy has 53k monthly active users but only 1172 have ever donated

Consider supporting Lemmy development or donating to your local server if you have the means. Peace!...

The A.C.L.U. Said a Worker Used Racist Tropes and Fired Her. But Did She? (www.nytimes.com)

The lock-in problem at the heart of the Apple monopoly lawsuit (www.theverge.com)

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/10657352...

Why auto insurance costs are rising at the fastest rate in 47 years, over 20% increase from the prior year (finance.yahoo.com)

Interview: Doug Jones On More Action And Romance For Saru In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 (trekmovie.com)

Are gun designs open source? (lemmy.world)

Anyone think that manual "pouring techniques" are mostly fluff?

If you search YouTube for V60 brewing videos and guides you’ll find about three billion different ones. Some with agitation, some without; pouring fast, in the middle, making circles; 40-60 or 30-70 or whatnot....

I am the Rust programmer, I will rewrite everything in Rust. (youtu.be)

I am the Rust programmer, I will rewrite the world in Rust. I will rewrite the world in Rust because the world is unsafe. As I am the Rust programmer I will keep writing rust until the world is safe. After the world is safe, I will not rewrite it in Rust. Because I am the Rust programmer I will retire from programmer in Rust....

Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4 (www.theregister.com)

The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody. (www.theverge.com)